About the Author

Big Dave when he was littler
Big Dave when he was littler

Dave McBee has spent his entire adult life living within a five-minute walk of the Seattle #43 Metro bus route. He wrote a bunch of articles in the realm of local backcountry travel and natural history for the original online Get Lost Magazine (now archived under the title of Lost Intelligencer). He maintains Backpacking by Bus with a huge amount of technical help from Leslie Strom. And from the time the action in this piece took place, he has never again eaten at the Jack. At any Jack. And he recommends you don’t either. 

Big Dave now he’s bigger